Way Out West Reptiles

Another stunning hatchling produced this season from the vertebral Nephrurus wheeleri project. Such an underrated species that deserves more attention as to how amazing they are to be kept.

**To all WA h**petofauna keepers and stakeholders**

The Association of Herpetology Western Australia needs your support to improve the WA reptile keeping system. AHWA's "2018 proposal for the Addition of new species to the Current Western Australian pet keeping list" - provides for 26 new species to be added as ''approved import" species to the WA keeping list.

If you're a WA keeper or stakeholder please support AHWA's 2018 proposal by submitting AHWA's support letter template to our new Minister for Environment, Matthew Swinbourn MLC.

How to submit the support letter for AHWA's 2018 proposal

Step 1: If you have not registered as an AHWA member, please email: [email protected]

Step 2: The AHWA team will email all members the support letter template document for distribution.

Step 3: Please fill out the highlighted sections in the document with your relevant information.

Step 4: Entitle the subject as "Support for AHWA's 2018 Proposal". Address to: [email protected]

Step 5: Send!

If you require any further information, please contact us and an AHWA team member will assist you as soon as possible.

It's been a fairly quiet breeding season, but I'm glad to have produced some more parthenogenesis Bynoes Geckos. Being one of just a few asexually reproducing vertebrates, they lay eggs with vigour during the breeding season. During this period, the intake of food and calcium is absolutely critical, or they will quite literally strip themselves of all their bodily reserves to produce eggs. Nevertheless, they are an extremely underrated and unique species to be able to keep.

I recently had the privilege of obtaining some stunning Northern Banded Knobtail Geckos (Nephurus cinctus) produced by Nephrurus Geckos WA. If anyone is looking to acquire this species, I’d highly recommend sending them a message.

Looking forward to working with these amazing geckos over the next few years.